It’s official. The election season is in full swing, with two caucuses (Iowa and Wyoming) behind us and one right in front of us (New Hampshire).
A lot of people are very excited that Barack Obama has pulled an early lead ahead of John Edwards and Hillary Clinton. And it looks like Obama is seeing a [...]
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A rumor that John Kerry will soon be endorsing Barack Obama popped up the blogosphere, as CNN reports that Obama has picked up his Iowa bounce and has jumped ahead of Clinton in NH.
I’m not sure how much weight the rumor holds, that Kerry will endorse Obama soon, other than it may just be some conventional wisdom at this point (which [...]
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Why the Progressive Movement Needs to Unite Behind John Edwards
By Hank Edson
At the end of last summer, I proposed in two sequential opinion pieces that perhaps John Edwards was the man progressives should rally around in order to have the most beneficial impact on our direction as a nation. (See Edwards, Does He Mean It? [...]
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From Political Wire:
Jonathan Martin: “For months, there has been an open secret among insiders working in or covering the 2008 Republican campaign: The rival candidates despise Mitt Romney. After Saturday night in New Hampshire, it’s no longer a secret.”
Sure looked that way to me.
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“Decisions, Decisions.” In this election it seems that many voters can’t make up their minds. They are not alone explains Meredith Chaiken. Chaiken was was Sen. John F. Kerry’s deputy political director in New Hampshire during the 2004 primary and is a senior analyst with the Mellman Group polling and consulting firm.
Chaiken takes a look back at Kerry [...]
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There was a touchy situation this morning in the gym at Nashua North High School after an Obama rally with Bill O’Reilly and an Obama staffer. The Obama staffer wasn’t just any staffer however, it was Marvin Nicholson, John Kerry’s former body man:
Bombastic Fox News host Bill O’Reilly got into a confrontation with an Obama aide after O’Reilly [...]
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“We are one nation, one people and the time for change has come.” - Barack Obama
Obama’s speech was electrifying. At times I felt his voice reminded me of MLK, deep and resonating. Watch it:
The pundits are bouncing off the walls with predictions, but time will tell, as I have said here many times leading up [...]
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The second big rumor on caucus day comes from the Republicans with Politico noting that Fred Thompson may drop out of the race and support John McCain if he has a poor showing in the Iowa caucus.
Several Republican officials close to Fred Thompson’s presidential campaign said they expect the candidate will drop out of the race within [...]
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Joe Gandleman reported today on 2 emails that have been sent out to political bloggers, apparently, left, right and center, as I received them as well. The email says:
One candidate is about to be challenged – with hard and cold facts, presented cogently by an author, former TV business news editor, decorated military hero and college [...]
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With the Iowa caucus just 2 days away and the New Hampshire primary just a jump and a skip after Iowa this year, a new poll in New Hampshire shows Clinton and McCain both leading in New Hampshire.
With exactly a week to go until New Hampshire, McCain has pulled ahead of Romney and Clinton has opened [...]
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The Concord Monitor has endorsed Hillary Clinton for the New Hampshire primary. The Monitor begins their endorsement by noting:
Immediately after taking office, President Hillary Clinton would begin preparations to withdraw American troops from Iraq.
She would send a message to world leaders that the United States intends to rejoin the community of nations.
She would make clear [...]
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Ron Paul and his supporters are up in arms over the decision made by Fox News to “exclude him from a debate on Fox News Sunday the weekend before the New Hampshire Primary.
James Pindell notes in the Boston Globe that Paul has said that the decision to exclude him ”is proof that the network “is scared” of him” [...]
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